An excessive amount of homework has a negative effect on students' well being. Homework is defined as tasks assigned to students by school teachers that are meant to be carried out during non-school hours. Students who spend a great deal of time on their homework and don't have enough free time for them to relax is considered having too much homework. Satiation, denial of leisure time and community activities, parental interference, and cheating are the negative effects from excessive amount of homework. They can affect the well being of students, which can bring down their happiness, comfort and motivation.
             The negative effects on students due to excessive amount of homework are satiation, denial of leisure time and activities, parental interference and cheating. Requiring students to devote too much time to a subject can result in the student's lost of interest in academic material. A student becomes more frustrated with his/her extensive homework that often require constant parental assistance, he/she will loose respect for the value of school and will not look forward to it because of both tiredness and low morale. Students often lose their motivation in school due to repetition of material from homework. Too much homework also generates physical and emotional exhaustion. This can explain their denied access to free time and other extra-curricular activities. Homework limits the time students can spend on leisure time and community activities that can impart important lessons, both academic and nonacademic. Students are so busy doing their homework that they don't have enough free time to relax. Excessive homework can also give students more pressure from parental interference. Parental interference may exert an unhealthy amount of stress on students to complete assignments and perform well, and that may sometimes employ confusing instructional techniques. Too much homework can also lead to undesirable behavi...